The growth of the national economy in the second quarter of 2025 accelerated by 3.5% on an annual basis. According to an analysis by the Bulgarian National Bank - BNB, the main factors for the acceleration are the decrease in imports..
Bulgaria’s Employment Agency reported a stable labour market in September, with the registered unemployment rate standing at 5.06%, down from 5.2% in August. Around 17,000 people found jobs through labour offices during the month, nearly 3,000 of..
According to detailed demographic data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI), 13,002 Bulgarians emigrated in 2024, with men accounting for 55.1% of them. During the same year, 18,214 people with Bulgarian citizenship, including returnees, moved..
Bulgaria is in second place, after Slovakia, in terms of the share of people at risk of poverty. According to Eurostat data for 2024, nearly 38% of the Bulgarian population cannot afford a diet that includes meat, fish or their..
Faster growth in loans compared to deposits, with mortgage loans remaining the main driver, the latest data from the Bulgarian National Bank show. In July 2025, loans to households and non-profit institutions serving households..
According to the National Statistical Institute, the number of unemployed people in the second quarter of 2025 was 110,500 . Of these, 55.0% (60,800) were men and 45.0% (49,700) were women . The unemployment rate was 3.6%, which is 0.7% lower than..
A quarter of voters in Bulgaria continue to support the first political force GERB-SDS, which maintains a significant lead over the other political parties, according to data from a survey published today by the "Gallup International Balkan"..
In the first four months of the year, export of goods from Bulgaria to the European Union decreased by 4.2% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 8.6 million euros, BGNES reports, quoting data from the National..
The highest number of people per square kilometer in this country is in Sofia, Blagoevgrad and Plovdiv, BGNES reports. There are 58 people per sq. km in the country, according to data from the National Statistical Institute for..
In the first quarter of 2025, GDP grew by 3.1% compared to the first quarter of 2024 and by 0.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, the National Statistical Institute announced. Converted into euros, GDP is 23.324 billion..
